Matrox Mga Millennium Video Controller Board - HP Vectra VA6 Technical Reference Manual

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Matrox MGA Millennium Video Controller Board

Matrox MGA Millennium Video Controller Board
With the exception of the HP Vectra VA 6/xxx PC, which is supplied with a
video controller chip integrated on the system board (as described in the
previous section of this chapter), all models are supplied with a Matrox MGA
Millennium PCI video controller on a board fitted in a PCI accessory slot. Its
on-board MGA-2064W processor communicates with the Pentium Pro
processor along the PCI bus. The controller can be characterized as follows:
• 100% hardware- and BIOS-compatible with IBM
• 64-bit video memory access
• Hardware acceleration of graphical user interface (GUI) operations
• Support for up to 8 MB Window RAM (WRAM) at 60 ns
• Integrated 24-bit, 175 MHz RAMDAC
• Pixel clock maximum frequency of 135 MHz
• Green PC power saving features
• Standard and Enhanced Video Graphics Array (VGA) modes
• Acceleration for 3D, playback, MPEG (when an optional upgrade module
• DDC 2B compliant.
Matrox VESA connector
Display connector
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from Matrox is fitted), continuous interpolation on X, replication on Y
VESA pass-through connector
Graphics processor chips
Top half of upgrade socket
2 MB memory chips
Bottom half of upgrade socket
Configuration switches
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VGA display standard
Top and bottom halves of the
upgrade socket. (For the
installation of a video memory
upgrade module or the Matrox
MPEG module).
Configuration switches. (Set to
their bottom position for
normal operation).